In two days, this blog celebrates it’s first anniversary.
We are not as big as our fellowblog Loronix who had about
a million visitors in it’s first year but no complaints.
Global Groove is alive and kicking. Check out this great album
by Dr. Victor Olaiya, it was the first post on this blog.
Classic highlife and hard to find, enjoy it once more!

tracks;

1 Omo pupa
2 Pariboto riboto
3 Yabonsa
4 Ewa
5 Opatarisius
6 Kiriji Kenkeluke
7 Omo lere aiye
8 Lafia san wa
9 Kale san wa
10 Aigana

Another album of Nigerian Highlife, when I was on my way to
Normandie where the party was, I dropped by the shop of ‘A’,
in Le Havre, he’s one of the dealers I use to meet in Utrecht
at the fair.That’s where I found this LP. From ’78,
don’t be too late.

tracks;

1 Nwanne awu enyi
2 Ama onye wu onye

Flor Morales Ramos was his name, they called him ‘Ramito’.
Ramito was a patriot like no one and wrote lots of songs about
his beloved Puerto Rico. He was the most productive musician,
I just found a dicography with over 150 titles, incredible.
This is an album I found in a recordstore in Paris, I just
got back from a quick trip to France. One of our loyal visitors
invited me for his birthday party and I met some very nice people
there, sorry I left in a rush everybody, that happens.
I could not resist going to that great Paris recordshop,
and want to thank the chief there, let’s call him ‘F’.
Thanks ‘F’ for helping me find this fantastic Jibara
and lots of other fine music.

To be continued.

tracks;

1 A los Borincanos
2 Juana de Arco
3 Triste y solitario
4 La tierra mia
5 Soy un desventurado
6 Dulce patria mia
7 El ultimo adios a mi madre
8 Desde mi tumba
9 San Juan Bautista
10 Amanecer Borincano
11 El conde Olivero
12 Tristeza en navidad

This one by the great King Sunny Adé is from 1979.
Spaced out juju with very original sound.
the Royal Sound !

tracks;

1 Omo araiye ko feni foro
– Okuta ko se pa f’aiye
– Layiwola omodi ji
2 Ariya is unlimited
– Mo ni ore kan

To support the 1976 Campaign, Operation Feed the Nation, Ebenezer
made this LP. “If Japan, Guyana, Russia, the Philippines, and Ghana
can do it”, Ebenezer said, “Nigeria must not fail.”
These country’s had succes with comparable programs.
Juju as good as ever by the hand of the master, hail
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & his Inter-Reformers Band.

tracks;

1 Operation feed the nation
2 Edumare a dupe
– Ab anije enia
– Babu lukudi
– Ma ba e lo
– O ta won yo
– Ki oloriburuku enia ma ko ba e

This LP by Sam Mangwana is on the Nigerian RAS label, I am
not exactly sure but it seems to be a Nigerian recording.
Either way, it spins just fine. The title of this album
does not come from one of the tracks, does it mean
life goes on?

tracks;

1 Toboyi te
2 Chérie Magy
3 Afrique – Antilles = Un
4 A la Camerounaise

I found someone extremely happy with Prince Nico Mbarga last
week, I like happy. Another Prince Nico finds his way to you
for that reason. On this LP the prince is surprising us with
juju, not very common but very welcome it is. The year on this
one must be somewhere early 80’s I guess, tell us if you know.

tracks;

1 My pickin
2 I, dey wonder
3 Panco juju system
4 Green revolution

Martinho da Vila’s sambas belong to the very best ever.
This LP from 1976 confirms that again. His warm voice,
combined with master musical craftsmanship make this LP
another treasure in samba. RCA contributes superb sound,
What can I say more? I know I’m not the first to post it,
just could not resist to rip it again.

tracks;

1 Claustrofobia
2 João e José
3 Não tenha medo, amigo
4 Invenção de Orfeu
5 História da liberdade no Brasil
6 Coisa louca
7 Chorar não cabe agora
8 Quem me dera
9 Piquenique
10 Choro chorão
11 Ai, que saudade que eu tenho

This LP contains the sweetest highlife from Ghana. Eric Agyeman
is here and I think it’s a late 70’s album, if anyone knows..
The musicians he brought along are not the least, names like
Frimpong and Crentsil are the ones we want to see, great stuff.

tracks;

1 Matutu mirika
2 Abenaa
3 Ao ! Masem yi
4 I don’t care
5 Dee abe beto biara

E.T. Mensah was born in 1919 in Accra, Ghana as Emmanuel
Tettey Mensah. He was the main performer of early Ghana
highlife and took over leadership of the already famous
‘Tempos’ after the war. He semi retired through the 60’s
but had a kind of come back in the 70’s. He recorded several
albums for Afrodisia producer Faisal Helwani and this is one
of them. Although recorded in his late days, a sweet album.
Many of us know the two CD’s that appeared, ‘All for
You’ and ‘Day by Day’. Absolute recommendable, both of them.
Originated in Ghana, highlife was taken over by Nigerians
after seeing E.T. Mensah perform on one of his many tours.

tracks;

1 Bus collector
2 Ebe tatale
3 E.T. nkebo baaya
4 Yoonaabu
5 Sekondi market
6 Dofo san brafie
7 Dzoyilo
8 All for you